Clara Southern b. 3 October 1860

Also known as Panther, Mrs John Flinn
  • Artist (Painter)
Clara Southern, painter, studied at the National Gallery of Victoria's Art Schools in 1883-87 under Frederick McCubbin and George Folingsby. Fellow students included Josephine Muntz-Adams, Jane Sutherland, A.M.E. Vale, Emanuel Phillips Fox and Arthur Streeton. Nicknamed 'Panther' for her lithe beauty, Clara Southern was admitted in 1886 as one of the early women members of the students' Buonarotti
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Citations

  • UK GRO birth certificates (1866), 'Birth, marriage and death certificates’, United Kingdom.

    https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp

  • Clark, Jane; & Whitelaw, Bridget (1985), 'Golden Summers’, Melbourne, Vic : National Gallery of Victoria Exhibition catalogue.

  • Duke, Anne (1990), 'Clara Southern (1860 – 1940)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, [Volume 12], Melbourne University Press, [22].

  • Hammond, Victoria; & Peers, Juliet (1992), 'Completing the Picture’, East Hawthorn, Vic : Artmoves.

  • McCulloch, Alan; & McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin (3rd Edition, revised and updated).

  • (2 August 1889), Melbourne, Vic : Table Talk.

  • Burke, Janine (1980), 'Australian Women Artists 1840-1940’, Collingwood, Vic : Greenhouse Publications.

See also

  • 'PORTRAIT: Portrait of Clara Southern c.1928, oil on canvas by Isabel Hunter Tweddle (Deakin University).'.
  • 'Section 5, plate 188'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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Alternative names
  • Panther
  • Mrs John Flinn
  • Panther
  • Mrs John Flinn
Related people
  • Streeton, Arthur (associate of)
  • Withers, Walter (associate of)
  • Boyd, Penleigh (associate of)
  • Herbert, Harold (associate of)
  • Teague, Violet (associate of)
  • Price, Jane (associate of)
  • Crozier, Frank R. (associate of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Wheeler, Charles (associate of)
  • Sweatman, Jo (associate of)
  • Fox, Emanuel Phillips (associate of)
  • Teague, Una (associate of)
  • Tweddle, Isabel Hunter (associate of)
  • Folingsby, G.F. (associate of)
  • Flinn, John (spouse of)
  • Southern, John (child of)
  • Mouchette, Berthe (associate of)
  • Muntz-Adams, Josephine (associate of)
  • Vale, A. M. E. (associate of)
  • Southern, Jane (child of)
  • Streeton, Arthur (associate of)
  • Withers, Walter (associate of)
  • Boyd, Penleigh (associate of)
  • Herbert, Harold (associate of)
  • Teague, Violet (associate of)
  • Price, Jane (associate of)
  • Crozier, Frank R. (associate of)
  • McCubbin, Frederick (associate of)
  • Wheeler, Charles (associate of)
  • Sweatman, Jo (associate of)
  • Fox, Emanuel Phillips (associate of)
  • Teague, Una (associate of)
  • Tweddle, Isabel Hunter (associate of)
  • Folingsby, G.F. (associate of)
  • Flinn, John (spouse of)
  • Southern, John (child of)
  • Mouchette, Berthe (associate of)
  • Muntz-Adams, Josephine (associate of)
  • Vale, A. M. E. (associate of)
  • Southern, Jane (child of)
Related person groups
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
  • Australian Art Association (associate of)
  • Buonarotti Society (associate of)
  • Lyceum Club (associate of)
  • Eaglemont artists' camps (associate of)
  • Heidelberg artists (associate of)
  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (associate of)
  • Annie May and Mina Moore (associate of)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
  • Australian Art Association (associate of)
  • Buonarotti Society (associate of)
  • Lyceum Club (associate of)
  • Eaglemont artists' camps (associate of)
  • Heidelberg artists (associate of)
  • Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (associate of)
Related collections
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • First woman to serve on the committee of the Australian Art Association. (received)
  • First woman member of the Australian Art Association. (received)
  • Admitted as one of the early women members of the National Gallery of Victoria's art students' Buonarotti Society. (received)
  • First woman to serve on the committee of the Australian Art Association. (received)
  • First woman member of the Australian Art Association. (received)
  • Admitted as one of the early women members of the National Gallery of Victoria's art students' Buonarotti Society. (received)
Related events
  • Artists' Bushfire Relief Fund Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition in aid of the Hermannsburg Water Supply in Central Australia (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • First Australian Women's Work Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (exhibited at)
  • Artists' Bushfire Relief Fund Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition in aid of the Hermannsburg Water Supply in Central Australia (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art Association Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • First Australian Women's Work Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (exhibited at)
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